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I read every one of the books on the shelf marked American Negro Literature. I became a nationalist, a colour nationalist, through the writings of men and women who lived a world away from me.

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Peter Abrahams

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With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.

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There are certain people who seem doomed to buy certain houses. The house expects them. It waits for them.

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There are certain people who seem doomed to buy certain houses. The house expects them. It waits for them.

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May 21, 2024

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.

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